Info Humorist Garisson Keillor has had to tangle with the American Psychiatric Association before. You can encourage this humorist, inventor of Lake Wobegone, to speak out again, this time about Raymond Sandford of Minnesota. Garrison Keillor has tangled with psychiatry before about Lake Wobegone (credit: UMN) Update: By coincidence, a Prairie Home Companion ongoing skit…
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Info While more and more NAMI members support MindFreedom’s mission, a few NAMI leaders have worked over the decades to oppose campaigns for human rights and alternatives in mental health. One reason they may be creating this divisiveness in the mental health advocacy community is a bias toward a narrow “medical approach” that promotes a…
Info NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness This is a folder regarding “NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness,” a USA-based nonprofit founded by parents of individuals in the mental health system. While some NAMI members support the mission of MindFreedom and are members, some of the leaders of NAMI have worked to oppose many of…
Info Document Actions Print this The New York Times reports an extremely important discussion with psychiatrist and neuroscientist Nancy C. Andreasen. In he conversation, Prof. Andreasen speaks out about her findings that neuroleptic psychiatric drugs (also known as “antipsychotics”) are leading to significant brain atrophy — or shrinkage — in patients. A Conversation With Nancy…
Info Document Actions Print this In this article for the Huffington Post, Bruce Levine explores the ethics of subjecting children to ECT. “Are We Really Okay with Electroshocking Toddlers?” Date Published: Jan 29, 2009 07:00 PM Author: Bruce Levine Source: Huffington Post For the original article, please click here. “Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely…
Info Document Actions Print this Electroshock Forced on Children and Involuntary Adults Date Published: Jan 29, 2009 07:00 PM Author: Peter Breggin, MD Source: Huffington Post from: www.breggin.com America and Australia are two countries I vastly admire. Nonetheless, they are continuing to abuse psychiatric patients with electroshock treatment (ECT). In America involuntary adults are being…
Info Document Actions Print this In this article Eleni Hale describes the rise of ECT on very young children. “Child Shock Therapy” Date Published: Jan 24, 2009 07:00 PM Author: Eleni Hale Source: Herald Sun Eleni Hale (Original article is available here.) CHILDREN younger than four who are considered mentally disturbed are being treated with…
Info The 23rd annual Alternatives conference has begun.. What Convention When Oct 28, 2009 12:00 AM to Nov 01, 2009 12:00 AM Where Omaha, Nebraska, USA Contact Name info@mhselfhelp.org Contact Phone (800) 553-4539 Attendees All are welcome, especially invited are mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. Add event to calendar vCal iCal theme: “Uniting Our…
Info The psychiatric survivor/mental health consumer movement — also known as ‘mad movement’ — accelerated in the early 1970’s at about the same time as the general cross-disability movement that addresses concerns of all people who end up with some type of disability label. The social change movement led by psychiatric survivors and mental health…